The Perpetual Death And Rebirth Of The Revolutionary Three-Wheeler

Whenever I see an email from any scrappy new startup company touting about how they're going to "revolutionize personal transportation" I can almost always sketch the car they're talking about without even seeing it: a sleek, low, three-wheeled wedge of a car. It's not always the case, but it's pretty incredible how…

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The Most Amazing Vehicle I've Ever Driven Doesn't Have Four Wheels

I've been fortunate to drive plenty of very interesting and amazing machines. From muscle cars to mighty exotics. Recently, however, I had the chance to drive something entirely different... and it's ruined my brain because I can't stop thinking about it.

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Morgan Reviving Threewheeler With Harley-Davidson Power

British wood-car builder Morgan stepped into the 21st century with the EvaGT, but it's also taking a step back by reviving the Threewheeler, with grunt from a Harley-Davidson V-Twin turning a Mazda gearbox. Has someone been reading our diary?

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Jalopnik Drives The Can-Am Spyder!

lead.JPG When it comes to segment blurring, the team at BRP's Can-Am have aimed a shot across the bow of both ultralight sports car makers and motorcycle manufacturers with their new Spyder. We've been following the release of this snowmobile with wheels since spy shots first surfaced back in December. And now we've just made …

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Boating Reliant-Style

We love the Reliant Robin the way we love a three-legged kitten. You consistently feel sorry for it, but it's impossible not to feel affection for the damned thing. Top Gear, of course, tried to turn one into a Space Shuttle, and the season before that they'd turned a Toyota Hilux, a Vanagon and Triumph Herald into…

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More on the Riley XR-3 Plug in Hybrid Kit Car

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Robert Q. Riley Enterprises says its new plug-in diesel-electric hybrid is two months from launch. (It'll debut on June 16.) Purportedly, the three-wheeled XR-3 will get 125 mpg on its three-cylinder, 23 hp diesel engine alone, and 225 mpg when coupled with an electric motor driving the rear wheel. Riley, a well-known …

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